Prasoon Joshi: Parents play a crucial role in presenting our scriptures and stories in ways that resonate with today’s generation. We need to simplify these narratives while instilling pride in our civilisation. Unfortunately, youngsters are led to believe there’s little to be proud of in our heritage. While logic is important, emotional connection is essential, as younger generations are forgetting how to feel. Our scriptures were meant to evoke emotion, and relationships today suffer from a lack of grace. Simplifying and modernising these messages is key, and addressing youthful curiosity is vital. In this play, I’ve included a young girl’s character who asks naïve questions, and her father answers. Both aspects are important — understanding that our perception in Indian civilisation is different, and simplifying and modernising our messages.”
WSJ: “With parenting…the loss of control is greater—parents commit themselves to unconditionally loving someone they have never even met. In a very deep and unsettling way, we do not choose our children. The mystery of birth is that when the child is born it is entrusted to its parents, who must accept, love and care for it. Parent and child are bonded for life; over time, they will change one another deeply and irrevocably. It is ironic that we delay this bond in the name of being prepared for it, because when we do that, we delay the very changes in ourselves that are necessary to parent well. Parenting may make us more patient, generous, hopeful and loving, but these changes are brought about through the practices of family life—a daily, subtle, continuous transfiguration.”
Via Arnold Kling: “Honesty-Humility: Persons with very high scores on the Honesty-Humility scale avoid manipulating others for personal gain, feel little temptation to break rules, are uninterested in lavish wealth and luxuries, and feel no special entitlement to elevated social status. Conversely, persons with very low scores on this scale will flatter others to get what they want, are inclined to break rules for personal profit, are motivated by material gain, and feel a strong sense of self-importance.”
WSJ: “The job of a CEO today is really about deciding which bets to make. The frenetic pace of business and opportunities presented by technological shifts have given CEOs across a wide variety of industries the power to determine the fate of their companies—a concept known as managerial discretion. The more discretion they have, the more of a difference they can make.”
Nate Silver: “Poker players are pretty good at going with the flow. When you’re playing a poker tournament, everything is contingent because the tournament could last five more days or five more minutes. So, you’re like, “Yes, I’ll go to dinner with you, conditional on being knocked out of the tournament, and not entering this other tournament,” and x and y, and z. You’re very used to dealing with different stressors and contingencies and things like that. I think that’s somewhat unusual.”
